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then assistant authority leader in 2005. >> i have my own ideas about working with john mccain for many years. >> the nuclear option, describe the circumstances with the nuclear option just so our viewers can better understand what the nuclear option was and what likelihood is there we will have to face those questions again? >> the republicans came up with a way to change our country forever. they made a decision if they didn't get every judge they wanted, they would make the senate like the house of representatives. a legislature were a simple majority could determine whatever happens. whatever they wanted, they get done. the rules allow that. the senate was set up to be different. that was the genius. that this legislature had two different duties. one was to pour the coffee. that is why you have the ability to filibuster and to terminate filibuster. they wanted to get rid of that. >> is there any likelihood we will face circumstances like that? >> as long as i am the leader, the answer is no. we should forget that. it is a black chapter in the history of the senate. i really do beli
then assistant authority leader in 2005. >> i have my own ideas about working with john mccain for many years. >> the nuclear option, describe the circumstances with the nuclear option just so our viewers can better understand what the nuclear option was and what likelihood is there we will have to face those questions again? >> the republicans came up with a way to change our country forever. they made a decision if they didn't get every judge they wanted, they would make the...
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but before harry reid decided to press the button, he had a conversation with senator john mccain who had replies the role he had already done in 2005 with the gang of 14. they talked about a similar deal. you will have your nominees for the d.c. circuit court if you keep the filibuster rules in place. senator reid said no and went on with it. >> just for clarity, in terms of the filibuster rules, this applies to just the procedural votes that lead up to a final vote on the nomination. >> the vote before the vote. the changes that have been made, the nominees for all executive branch nominees and judicial branch nominees with the exception of the supreme court. it is a big change and allows the precedent in the future for legislation. >> this came to a head in november, so we will show viewers some of the debate that happened ahead of the nuclear option vote. >> the american people believe that congress is broken. they believe that the senate is broken. i believe the american people are right. during this congress, the united states has wasted an unprecedented amount of time with proc
but before harry reid decided to press the button, he had a conversation with senator john mccain who had replies the role he had already done in 2005 with the gang of 14. they talked about a similar deal. you will have your nominees for the d.c. circuit court if you keep the filibuster rules in place. senator reid said no and went on with it. >> just for clarity, in terms of the filibuster rules, this applies to just the procedural votes that lead up to a final vote on the nomination....
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john mccain, by the way, broke his own rule and own supposed rule of not using filibuster on cabinet nominees. he's broken with the rule to stand with his sidekick, lindsey graham, afraid of a primary challenge, worried about his re-election in 2014. the only reason i can think of to delay this then guys when they said it's a fore gone, they, themselves are going to vote for cloture, is a fishing exhibition. what to they think they'll find in ten days? use it for ten more days of excruciating irrelevant argument about benghazi, something over which chuck hagel had nothing, no oversight, nothing to do with? it's irrelevant to his nomination. >> chris, it sounds like for mccain and graham, they want to drag it out. they don't even sound like they're looking for some smoking gun. >> i think one of the most important things for people, you know this better than i, one of the most important things for people to understand about the way the senate works and the filibuster works is that one way to look at a congress, a senate, 113th, is as a finite amount of legislating hours. let's say 5,0
john mccain, by the way, broke his own rule and own supposed rule of not using filibuster on cabinet nominees. he's broken with the rule to stand with his sidekick, lindsey graham, afraid of a primary challenge, worried about his re-election in 2014. the only reason i can think of to delay this then guys when they said it's a fore gone, they, themselves are going to vote for cloture, is a fishing exhibition. what to they think they'll find in ten days? use it for ten more days of excruciating...
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. >> john mccain's 2000 campaign, when he ran for president, is the most memorable campaigns of any that i have ever covered or been around. we will never see it again. here he was, facing george w. bush, who had all of the is cards, the republican party backing him, but republican governors in new hampshire, all the money, and john mccain went out and held 114 town hall meetings, and he stayed there until every question was answered. he would see a light bulb go off about people's heads. when will we get a patient's bill of rights? he would say, we are not going to get one until our party is owned by the insurance companies and the democrats by lawyers. he was totally open to the press. there was a candor, openness, a welcome this that no one had ever seen before and no one has ever seen since. >> mark shields on his career in politics and the washington press corps. >> at age 65, she won the oldest first lady when her husband became president, but she never stepped foot in washington. her husband benjamin harris died before going to washington. and there public and private lives, inter
. >> john mccain's 2000 campaign, when he ran for president, is the most memorable campaigns of any that i have ever covered or been around. we will never see it again. here he was, facing george w. bush, who had all of the is cards, the republican party backing him, but republican governors in new hampshire, all the money, and john mccain went out and held 114 town hall meetings, and he stayed there until every question was answered. he would see a light bulb go off about people's heads....
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just don't tell that to senator john mccain. he may have to switch his anger button to off. >> the american people deserve to know answers and they certainly don't deserve false answers. the answers given to the american people on september 15th by the ambassador of the united nations were false. >> john: that's mccain still trying to win the respect of his own party. they were even more incensed over rice's alleged efforts to mislead the american public during an election year, no less to no apparent logical reason. >> again, we were misled there was supposedly protest and then something sprang out of that. an all the sprang out of that. that was easily ascertainable. that was not the fact and the american people could have known that for days. >> with all due respect the fact is we had four dead americans. whether it was because of a protest or because guys out for a walk and they decided to go kill some americans. what difference at this point does it make? it is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to
just don't tell that to senator john mccain. he may have to switch his anger button to off. >> the american people deserve to know answers and they certainly don't deserve false answers. the answers given to the american people on september 15th by the ambassador of the united nations were false. >> john: that's mccain still trying to win the respect of his own party. they were even more incensed over rice's alleged efforts to mislead the american public during an election year, no...
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. >> john mccain won the republican primary that year. and at the time, he was really vocal about his desire to close the prison at guantanamo. that position was also held by the man who was president at the time. >> i'd like to end guantanamo. i'd like it to be over with. one of the things we will do is we will send people back to their home countries. >> so that was the position on the republican side in the lead-up to the '08 presidential election. here's how democrats were dealing with the same issue at the same time. >> we should shut down -- i would the first day as president, i would shut down guantanamo. >> i voted to not build the new $36 million part. i called for closing it three years ago. >> i will close guantanamo which i think is a national embarrassment. >> we're going to lead by shutting down guantanamo and restoring habeas corpus in this country. >> that last guy, of course, when on to win. all the democrats including their eventual nominee said close guantanamo. the republican president said close guantanamo. the republ
. >> john mccain won the republican primary that year. and at the time, he was really vocal about his desire to close the prison at guantanamo. that position was also held by the man who was president at the time. >> i'd like to end guantanamo. i'd like it to be over with. one of the things we will do is we will send people back to their home countries. >> so that was the position on the republican side in the lead-up to the '08 presidential election. here's how democrats were...
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know harry reid says well i got something called a filibuster reform and at the same time you've got john mccain out there saying all i got something called filibuster reform but none of them would block republicans from blowing up legislation or from stopping legislation the only one that we defectively do that is the plan that's been put forward by tom udall jeff merkley and elizabeth warren and you need to call both your senators. plus you live in d.c. in which case you can call any center you want may want to call so speaker or leader reid actually if you live in d.c. otherwise call both your senators and tell them that you support the talking filibuster proposal of jeff merkley because without that without forcing republicans to put their money where their mouth is to actually stand and talk and make their case we're just going to see them blow up piece of legislation after piece of legislation after a piece of its. border . was joseph stalin's personal secretary from one nine hundred twenty three to one nine hundred twenty eight he later served as the secretary of the soviet politic
know harry reid says well i got something called a filibuster reform and at the same time you've got john mccain out there saying all i got something called filibuster reform but none of them would block republicans from blowing up legislation or from stopping legislation the only one that we defectively do that is the plan that's been put forward by tom udall jeff merkley and elizabeth warren and you need to call both your senators. plus you live in d.c. in which case you can call any center...
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i thought that was a line in the sand as far as john mccain and his position on this issue. what has been the reaction to carl levin's actions in the past 24 hours. >> what mccain said was so stark because of his history. this is a difficult issue for everyone because there is broad agreement that this can't go on. this is a problem that has gotten to epic proportions and there's been failure after failure to address it. one of the things that may come out of this is a setback like today with kirsten gillibrand's idea being cut. sometimes a setback will bring thinks around and bring it on another change. failure often precedes some jump in success. i see that a lot on capitol hill. this is the kind of issue because of the emotion, the starkness of numbers, because of what's at stake, because of what it has done to the morale and image of the u.s. military, that is something that does not sit well with any member of congress, to let this go on. how to fix it has been the problem. how to get the top brass to be able to take steps. much of the credit has to go to victims, men a
i thought that was a line in the sand as far as john mccain and his position on this issue. what has been the reaction to carl levin's actions in the past 24 hours. >> what mccain said was so stark because of his history. this is a difficult issue for everyone because there is broad agreement that this can't go on. this is a problem that has gotten to epic proportions and there's been failure after failure to address it. one of the things that may come out of this is a setback like today...
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but today, republican senator john mccain is asking the same question about his democratic counterparts who he says let rookies run the show in this filibuster debate. >> they are governed by these hard over newer members of the democratic senators who have never been a minority who are primarily driving this issue and they succeeded. they will pay a very, very heavy price for it. >> interestingly, there are in fact 33 democratic senators who have no idea what it's like to be in the minority. they were all elected after 2007. one of them joins me now, colorado senator mike udall. can you understand why republicans see the hypocrisy? i don't have a clip -- good to i don't have a clip because you weren't in the senate. can you understand why republicans say this is hypocritical, democrats were against this tooth and nail in 2005? >> i can understand it but the reality is it has been an unprecedented level of obstruction. i mean, in 2005, they reached a compromise. they put judges on the court. here, we have just hit a wall. there was no compromise, they said they weren't going to fill the
but today, republican senator john mccain is asking the same question about his democratic counterparts who he says let rookies run the show in this filibuster debate. >> they are governed by these hard over newer members of the democratic senators who have never been a minority who are primarily driving this issue and they succeeded. they will pay a very, very heavy price for it. >> interestingly, there are in fact 33 democratic senators who have no idea what it's like to be in the...
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our next most fascinating character in 11 years is john mccain. we had this take on one of his biggest challenges, running with george w. bush's record in june of 2008. there's a lot of history tying john mccain to george bush, the history of war and peace. let's begin in 2000 when both were seeking the republican presidential nomination. everything was swell until mccain, the upstart, whacked bush in new hampshire, and then bush advocates went after mccain in ads and phone calls that most say went over the line. mccain responded. >> let me tell you what really went over the line, governor bush had an event and he paid for it, and stood next to a spokesman for a fringe veterans group. that fringe veteran said john mccain had abandoned the veterans. can don't know if you understand this, george, but that really hurts. that really hurts. and so five united states senators, vietnam veterans, heroes, some of them really incredible heroes, wrote george a letter and said apologize. you should be ashamed. >> let me speak. chris: of course bush triumphed
our next most fascinating character in 11 years is john mccain. we had this take on one of his biggest challenges, running with george w. bush's record in june of 2008. there's a lot of history tying john mccain to george bush, the history of war and peace. let's begin in 2000 when both were seeking the republican presidential nomination. everything was swell until mccain, the upstart, whacked bush in new hampshire, and then bush advocates went after mccain in ads and phone calls that most say...
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meantime senator john mccain is responding to putin's op-ed on a russian news site. mccain writes putin has given and you political system that is sustained by corruption and repression. and isn't strong enough to tolerate ds ca dissent. he rules for himself, not you. the article was published on the russian news site pravda. not the paper during rush is that's soviet years. up next, betting on the house. an interesting way for you to make 2014 predictions by the numbers. and you can geek out on the pre-kicks dikss and the polls on the website. is this the bacon and cheese diet? this is the creamy chicken corn chowder. i mean, look at it. so indulgent. did i tell you i am on the... [ both ] chicken pot pie diet! me too! [ male announcer ] so indulgent, you'll never believe they're light. 100-calorie progresso light soups. ♪ [ male announcer ] bob's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack, be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspiri
meantime senator john mccain is responding to putin's op-ed on a russian news site. mccain writes putin has given and you political system that is sustained by corruption and repression. and isn't strong enough to tolerate ds ca dissent. he rules for himself, not you. the article was published on the russian news site pravda. not the paper during rush is that's soviet years. up next, betting on the house. an interesting way for you to make 2014 predictions by the numbers. and you can geek out...
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john mccain so angry? 40 years after the vietnam p.o.w.s came home the most famous of them is angrier than ever. we are we fighting vietnam again in the u.s. senate. the ticked-off hagel, is it just for show? the basic unfairness of vietnam itself that some went and some didn't? is it about lyndon johnson's inability to win the war or end it? what is it about john mccain that seems to excite those who know nothing about vietnam. well tonight we dig into the deep well of resentment burning in john mccain's patriotic heart. a resentment not against the north vietnamese who imprisoned and tortured him, not against george w. bush and his political henchmen who tried to stain mccain's reputation. but just like he did, in the same army of america's long nightmare in vietnam. i'm joined by david corn with "mother jones" and joy reed with the grio. i have to tell you i'm convinced we're watching a flashback. watch this, here's senator john mccain, he did a long, angry wind-up before he launched into his first so-c
john mccain so angry? 40 years after the vietnam p.o.w.s came home the most famous of them is angrier than ever. we are we fighting vietnam again in the u.s. senate. the ticked-off hagel, is it just for show? the basic unfairness of vietnam itself that some went and some didn't? is it about lyndon johnson's inability to win the war or end it? what is it about john mccain that seems to excite those who know nothing about vietnam. well tonight we dig into the deep well of resentment burning in...
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john mccain himself very frustrated at the way the administration has handled this issue on capitol hill. you know, the problem is that for a lot of republicans who are the handful at least who stuck their neck out on the syria issue, it makes it harder for them to stick their neck out again on another issue, particularly on fiscal issues. as you saw john boehner back the president on syria, i don't think you're going to see john boehner back the president when it comes to some of these fiscal issues. that's going to make things much harder when it comes time to making a deal on a lot of these issues that are pending. >> and speaker boehner said he was insulted by putin's "new york times" op-ed. what is some of the reaction you're hearing on the hill to this op-ed? i have to think the american people in general, but particularly maybe the american lawmakers, don't take too kindly to having the russian president tell them what they should be doing in the policy arena. what are you hearing from folks there? >> yeah, i mean, the loudest anti-russian voices are certainly coming from capitol
john mccain himself very frustrated at the way the administration has handled this issue on capitol hill. you know, the problem is that for a lot of republicans who are the handful at least who stuck their neck out on the syria issue, it makes it harder for them to stick their neck out again on another issue, particularly on fiscal issues. as you saw john boehner back the president on syria, i don't think you're going to see john boehner back the president when it comes to some of these fiscal...
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we talk about it all with john mccain on "fox news sunday." not just the nsa but also al qaeda and the president's talk of al qaeda being on the run. mccain very critical of the president on that. says that he feels that our policy is in retreat in the middle east and at the same time that he says al qaeda, while it has been diminished in pakistan, it is resurgent in a lot of the world. especially in yemen. and he sees that as kind of a bad thing that we're pulling back and al qaeda is helping to fill the vacuum. of course, one of the places he's especially critical of this president is syria where he feels that the president is at least two years late in terms of trying to step in, stop the slaughter, and depose the brutal dictator there, bashar assad. >> mr. mccain has actually gone to syria, that with members of the free syrian party. what does he expect will happen when the president gets back from vacation on all these issues? >> well, i'm not sure he expects a lot of difference. i mean, it's not like, you know, the president has made his
we talk about it all with john mccain on "fox news sunday." not just the nsa but also al qaeda and the president's talk of al qaeda being on the run. mccain very critical of the president on that. says that he feels that our policy is in retreat in the middle east and at the same time that he says al qaeda, while it has been diminished in pakistan, it is resurgent in a lot of the world. especially in yemen. and he sees that as kind of a bad thing that we're pulling back and al qaeda...
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then assistant authority leader in 2005. >> i have my own ideas about working with john mccain for many years. >> the nuclear option, describe the circumstances with the nuclear option just so our viewers can better understand what the nuclear option was and what likelihood is there we will have to face those questions again? >> the republicans came up with a way to change our country forever. they made a decision if they didn't get every judge they wanted, they would make the senate like the house of representatives. a legislature were a simple majority could determine hatever happens. whatever they wanted, they get done. the rules allow that. the senate was set up to be different. that was the genius. that this legislature had two different duties. one was to pour the coffee. that is why you have the ability to filibuster and to terminate filibuster. they wanted to get rid of hat. >> is there any likelihood we will face circumstances like that? >> as long as i am the leader, the answer is no. we should forget that. it is a black chapter in the history of the senate. i really do believ
then assistant authority leader in 2005. >> i have my own ideas about working with john mccain for many years. >> the nuclear option, describe the circumstances with the nuclear option just so our viewers can better understand what the nuclear option was and what likelihood is there we will have to face those questions again? >> the republicans came up with a way to change our country forever. they made a decision if they didn't get every judge they wanted, they would make the...
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mark zandi, he was john mccain's economic advisor. this is what he said. "the dark scenario is so dark i can't imagine it." he's talking about a default. and speaker boehner standing there saying, well, despite the fact that you read that i didn't want a default, i can't contemplate approving this without figuring out how to cut entitlement programs like medicare and social security. i got to tell you, they're playing with fire. i think they've lit the match. anyone who knows anything about economics -- i happened to major in it in college, and i was a stockbroker for a period of time -- knows uncertainty is the worst, worst thing. uncertainty is the worst thing. the last time the republicans tried this -- and eventually they decided to back up and back off -- it cost us, as i was saying, almost $19 billion over ten years in taxpayer costs. america's credit rating was downgraded. standard and poor's downgraded the u.s. credit rating for the first time in american history, and the stock market sank. it dropped 2,000 points in july and august of 2011. that's
mark zandi, he was john mccain's economic advisor. this is what he said. "the dark scenario is so dark i can't imagine it." he's talking about a default. and speaker boehner standing there saying, well, despite the fact that you read that i didn't want a default, i can't contemplate approving this without figuring out how to cut entitlement programs like medicare and social security. i got to tell you, they're playing with fire. i think they've lit the match. anyone who knows anything...
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and john mccain has apologized for that comment. i think even mccain realizes, as a grandee in the party, that the parties moving in a different direction, that the appeal of a nonintervention in foreign- policy is really picking up's read. rand paul stop by national review and he is a charismatic figure. that matters in politics. we saw his speech here and elsewhere that this is a guy who resonates on the floor and i think he has a bright future in republican politics. >> did john mccain revised his remark? i did not know that. >> he apologized. >> good for him. he was jealous that someone could stand up for 12 hours without urinating. >> rand paul had help with other folks. i agree with the fact that we ought to be putting pressure on the justice department and the administration to come forward with a lot of clearances. what was your take on it? >> given the situation he's in, many conservatives -- his father could walk into a room and rand is the opposite. rand looks for ways to diffuse the situation. people who have served in p
and john mccain has apologized for that comment. i think even mccain realizes, as a grandee in the party, that the parties moving in a different direction, that the appeal of a nonintervention in foreign- policy is really picking up's read. rand paul stop by national review and he is a charismatic figure. that matters in politics. we saw his speech here and elsewhere that this is a guy who resonates on the floor and i think he has a bright future in republican politics. >> did john mccain...
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john mccain put it bluntly that his state would be a blue state. ann coulter has already, against marco rubio, saying that all you're doing is creating more democratic voters with a path to citizenship, just like you did with easy divorce, in her judgment. >> does she have a point, colby? >> as far as rubio is concerned? >> creating more democratic votes. >> they will " more democratic until republicans, with policies that attract their attention. when you bring people into the system as obama's healthcare does, that his policy. you will not change that with marco rubio's face. >> were you watching when the lights went out at the super bowl? it happens in washington a lot. >> the interruptions in service did not occur inside the building. >> the system worked -- that is what they said after watergate. [laughter] why did the lights go off in the superdome? the power co. said it was a faulty device they installed. in any case, it brings me to the question of infrastructure. a couple of years ago, the world economic forum rated as 23rd, between chile
john mccain put it bluntly that his state would be a blue state. ann coulter has already, against marco rubio, saying that all you're doing is creating more democratic voters with a path to citizenship, just like you did with easy divorce, in her judgment. >> does she have a point, colby? >> as far as rubio is concerned? >> creating more democratic votes. >> they will " more democratic until republicans, with policies that attract their attention. when you bring...
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he lost to john mccain that year. but that year, 2008, also was not john mccain's first effort at winning the republican presidential nomination. he had run before as well. he had run in the year 2000, when he lost to george w. bush. and while that john mccain campaign and his loss that year has mostly been remembered for the egregiously racist dirty tricks played against john mccain in the south carolina primary that year, that's mostly what we think of when we think of him losing to george w. bush that year, now what is starting to become the more salient thing about that losing run, about that losing attempt at winning the republican presidential nomination, what seems more salient now is who john mccain's national co-chair was for that run. it was republican senator chuck hagel. there he is. you can see him in the little circle on the left there. with john mccain's entourage as john mccain was getting ready to launch his presidential bid back in 2000. this is the same chuck hagel who is president obama's nominee f
he lost to john mccain that year. but that year, 2008, also was not john mccain's first effort at winning the republican presidential nomination. he had run before as well. he had run in the year 2000, when he lost to george w. bush. and while that john mccain campaign and his loss that year has mostly been remembered for the egregiously racist dirty tricks played against john mccain in the south carolina primary that year, that's mostly what we think of when we think of him losing to george w....
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mccain, who supports the wars and libertarians like rand paul, who certainly does not. these are fascinating. let's talk about the tax thing. a lot of people forgotten but tea partiers haven't. their own republican president was not vetoing spending bill. >> big-spending republican, new phrase. nobody had ever heard of one of those. but because of the explosion of government after 9/11, number of tax bills, tax cut bills passed, the deficit exploded under bush. and that made the economic wing of the republican party, which had liked its policies up to a point and this other group of folks who worry about debt and deficits, that made them unhappy. >> don't forget prescription drug benefits for seniors. chris: unfunded. republican party used to be a party i was growing up party to easily vote for. wasn't a big deal. they were not hard right. now it's narrowed down because of the bush years, he supported it, if you don't pass must with the evangelicals, pro-life, same sex, in the platform. sent that one of the residues of this presidency, you have to toe the line on the cu
mccain, who supports the wars and libertarians like rand paul, who certainly does not. these are fascinating. let's talk about the tax thing. a lot of people forgotten but tea partiers haven't. their own republican president was not vetoing spending bill. >> big-spending republican, new phrase. nobody had ever heard of one of those. but because of the explosion of government after 9/11, number of tax bills, tax cut bills passed, the deficit exploded under bush. and that made the economic...
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i think that almost in a way john mccain made the surge into the war as john mccain would have fought it as commander-in-chief. and anyone who questions it gets the wrath of mccain. and i watched that hearing, that part of the hearing with colonel jack jacobs and pat murphy, the governor of pennsylvania who served in iraq. and both of those guys were at the bottom of the pile. and you view war differently. but the lesson that these two men took from vietnam seems to have been so different. hagel took the questioning, the same thing patrick murphy feels, being lied to and feeling anger for knowing you friends died for what you believe to be a lie. >> here's lindsay graham, badgering defense nominee hagel. about his whether the iranian revolutionary guard should be designated terrorist organization. i think this is aimed at south carolina's right wing. let's listen. >> if there was a vote on the floor of the senate this afternoon, to label the iranian revolutionary guard, the people who have killed our soldiers in iraq, some of the most vicious people to the people of iran themselves, i
i think that almost in a way john mccain made the surge into the war as john mccain would have fought it as commander-in-chief. and anyone who questions it gets the wrath of mccain. and i watched that hearing, that part of the hearing with colonel jack jacobs and pat murphy, the governor of pennsylvania who served in iraq. and both of those guys were at the bottom of the pile. and you view war differently. but the lesson that these two men took from vietnam seems to have been so different....
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senators lindsey graham and john mccain have just issued a statement warning that if the use of chemical weapons is verified, then the united states must take immediate action. i have to ask you, kristen, how is the white house responding to these disturbing reports out of syria? >> reporter: well, they are quite concerned about the reports out of syria, martin, and i have to tell you, there are still a lot of question marks. the white house making the point that they are looking into the allegations that chemical weapons were used in syria. as you pointed out, the government is pointing fingers at the rebel forces. the rebel forces are pointing fingers at the government. you notice the language that jay carney used today was quite different in terms of referring to the rebel forces. saying at this point in time there is no credible evidence to suggest that they used chemical weapons. they are taking these reports very seriously, though, and trying to determine if this was, in fact, the case. now, of course, president obama has made it clear that his red line in syria is the use or movem
senators lindsey graham and john mccain have just issued a statement warning that if the use of chemical weapons is verified, then the united states must take immediate action. i have to ask you, kristen, how is the white house responding to these disturbing reports out of syria? >> reporter: well, they are quite concerned about the reports out of syria, martin, and i have to tell you, there are still a lot of question marks. the white house making the point that they are looking into the...
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why is john mccain so gri? why america? why are we fighting the vietnam war all over again in the united states senate. the have it tree troll against chuck hagel. is it about lyndon johnson's inability to win that war or end it? what is it that burns so deeply in john mccain today? for some reason he wants to play it again and again in iraq and afterno afghanistan and again in iran. we look at the resentment burning in john mccain's heart. it's not against george w. bush and his political henchmen who tried to stay mccain's reputation in 2000 but a guy who fear and rallied against wounds just like he did. chuck hagel, a nightmare, by the way, whose flashbacks must haunt still the heart still of john sydney mccain. both are msnbc analysts. both of you, sir, and lady, are younger than me, but i must tell you i'm absolutely convinced we're watching a flashback. watch this. he did a long angry windup before he launched into his first so-called question which was really an indictment. it included putdowns as well as references
why is john mccain so gri? why america? why are we fighting the vietnam war all over again in the united states senate. the have it tree troll against chuck hagel. is it about lyndon johnson's inability to win that war or end it? what is it that burns so deeply in john mccain today? for some reason he wants to play it again and again in iraq and afterno afghanistan and again in iran. we look at the resentment burning in john mccain's heart. it's not against george w. bush and his political...
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john mccain to come to a deal. [laughter] >> i will do anything. stop calling. [laughter] atthey should try that fourth, mo. the guys will talk every time. democratsits, the happened to be on the right side. on the issue of the president's appointments, he should get whom he once unless they are some .ind of limited -- lunatic on legislation, it is different from judicial. each party always argues against a filibuster when is in the majority. but they always end up in the minority. they ought to be a little bit circumspect. forhe filibuster was killing civil rights legislation in the 1950's and 1960's. that is what it is used. >> republicans keep trying to kill obamacare. the president has started to sell it again. >> i recognize there are still a lot of folks in this town return for the law to fail. >> he had given business's one year's grace before providing coverage for employees. the house speaker says individuals deserve no less. extending two bills fairness to all americans. the president said he would veto t
john mccain to come to a deal. [laughter] >> i will do anything. stop calling. [laughter] atthey should try that fourth, mo. the guys will talk every time. democratsits, the happened to be on the right side. on the issue of the president's appointments, he should get whom he once unless they are some .ind of limited -- lunatic on legislation, it is different from judicial. each party always argues against a filibuster when is in the majority. but they always end up in the minority. they...
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the biggest one from john mccain, that women solve the issue. jon: i knew somehow you are going to bring that up. jenna: senator mccain given some credit to the female members of the senate. jon: giving props to the members of the senate. jenna: we will see with the bigger picture is pitted what that means in future segments. we will talk a little bit more about your money. the budget battle taking a toll on the economy. it could get worse as one of the debt rating agencies putting our credit rating on negative watch. that is the step toward a downgrade. that happened yesterday before we heard about this deal. so far only one of the big three credit rating firms to make such a move. all this as the market watches what is happening in d.c. very closely. in response to some of these reports about a deal. if it goes ahead with the downgrade, it could be really bad news for stocks and 401(k) because the last time it that happened in august of 2011, the dow plunged 630 points. the very next day though the dow gained back almost all of that. the marke
the biggest one from john mccain, that women solve the issue. jon: i knew somehow you are going to bring that up. jenna: senator mccain given some credit to the female members of the senate. jon: giving props to the members of the senate. jenna: we will see with the bigger picture is pitted what that means in future segments. we will talk a little bit more about your money. the budget battle taking a toll on the economy. it could get worse as one of the debt rating agencies putting our credit...
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in a way john mccain made the surge into the war as john mccain would have fought it as commander in chief and anyone who questions it gets the wrath of mccain. i watched that part of the hearing with colonel jack jacobs and patrick murphy, the former pennsylvania congressman who served in iraq. both of them were at the bottom of the pile as he called it. you just view war differently. but the lesson that these two men took from vietnam are so different. hagel took the questioning, the same as patrick murphy did, fielded lied to. >> here's lindsey graham. badgering hagel. badgering is the word for it. whether the iranian revolutionary guard should be termed a terroristic organization. i think this is aimed directly at south carolina's right wing. let's listen. >> if there was a vote on the floor of the senate this afternoon to label the iranian revolutionary guard, the people who have killed our soldiers in iraq, some of the most vicious people to the people of iran themselves, if there were a vote tomorrow or this afternoon, would you still vote no? >> i would want to know from the
in a way john mccain made the surge into the war as john mccain would have fought it as commander in chief and anyone who questions it gets the wrath of mccain. i watched that part of the hearing with colonel jack jacobs and patrick murphy, the former pennsylvania congressman who served in iraq. both of them were at the bottom of the pile as he called it. you just view war differently. but the lesson that these two men took from vietnam are so different. hagel took the questioning, the same as...
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>> krystal, it is john mccain 3.0 or 4.0-i don't know, this is an amazing flashback when john mccain used to cooperate with democrats. >> very chummy there, and a quick turn about, recently he has been taking out his political grudges on susan rice and being very aggressive there. now he is back to the maverick john mccain, when he used to be the guy you could count on to looking at a bipartisan manner when acting in government. >> and here is the other striking political moment. john mccain explains what he thinks will be necessary to pass this bill, including what he calls the leadership of president obama. let's listen to this. >> i am confident the majority of both houses, led by the president of the united states, who made this a major campaign issue, that we will succeed. but we're not going to get everybody on board. >> steve kornacki, nothing prove s more strongly than that, that elections do have consequences. >> i can't help but think with john mccain, you're looking at a protection of legacy there. his reputation as a maverick was a bit over sold, what it really reflects,
>> krystal, it is john mccain 3.0 or 4.0-i don't know, this is an amazing flashback when john mccain used to cooperate with democrats. >> very chummy there, and a quick turn about, recently he has been taking out his political grudges on susan rice and being very aggressive there. now he is back to the maverick john mccain, when he used to be the guy you could count on to looking at a bipartisan manner when acting in government. >> and here is the other striking political...
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earlier this week, arizona senators john mccain and flake spoke on the senate floor about the men who lost their lives. here is what they had to say. >> i rise today with a heavy heart to remember 12 grieving families -- i am sorry, 19 grieving families in the prescott community that will never be filled. arizona and the entire nation shares in their sorrow. the loss of the members of the granite mountain hotshots in the loss of community is both terrible and swept. we are right to ask the why? why were they taken from us? why were these fearless men of all that is brave and decent choose a job that causes them to run into an inferno just as everybody else is running away from it? in answering that, we get an instance of who these men are. these 19 lives of achievement and purpose, courage, and discipline. from all corners of america, they came together in prescott with a single goal in mind -- protecting people and property. to do this, they trained relentlessly and took the worst that mother nature can throw at them. all to save lives and homes for their friends and their neighbors.
earlier this week, arizona senators john mccain and flake spoke on the senate floor about the men who lost their lives. here is what they had to say. >> i rise today with a heavy heart to remember 12 grieving families -- i am sorry, 19 grieving families in the prescott community that will never be filled. arizona and the entire nation shares in their sorrow. the loss of the members of the granite mountain hotshots in the loss of community is both terrible and swept. we are right to ask...
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i know john mccain. we have spoken about this. and i don't think that he will be hurt or harmed that i am speaking publicly what he told me. he difference respects those people who use anonymous sources to attack their own. he told me that. so sheave schmidt and his crew, and granted, steve schmidt allowed his name toyyw be attad to on besmirching comment about another republican but those using anonymous sources are elevated and cited as sources, join john mccain in dismissing them and saying, journalists, quit using them. >> neil: you and the senator are not on the same page regarding this and i wonder if it taxed your relationship. >> we're not on the same issue when it comes to ted cruz is doing in trying to defun obamacare. there are certainly things that john mccain and i do agree on, though and that is that been, dog gonity, barack obama is our president and we have been better off to not be in our position now with the doubling of our debt and the deficits that reach about a trillion dollars a year ask all those things th
i know john mccain. we have spoken about this. and i don't think that he will be hurt or harmed that i am speaking publicly what he told me. he difference respects those people who use anonymous sources to attack their own. he told me that. so sheave schmidt and his crew, and granted, steve schmidt allowed his name toyyw be attad to on besmirching comment about another republican but those using anonymous sources are elevated and cited as sources, join john mccain in dismissing them and...
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. >> our sunday exclusive with republican senator john mccain. and with the man who says not so fast. >> this is a terrible deal. >> leading the charge to gut obama care and leaving his party splintered in his wake, our dana bash with tea party favorite, texas republican ted cruz. >>> then, what's next for the tea party? our political panel weighs in on the fiscal fiasco, the flawed health care launch, and the 2014 midterms. this is "state of the union." >>>ed a good morning from washington. i'm gloria borger in for candy crowley. despite a failed effort to defund obama care that resulted in bringing much of the government to a standstill for 16 days, senator ted cruz isn't giving up the fight. and even though he isn't winning many friends here in washington, republicans in his home state are standing by their man. cruz received a hero's welcome saturday at a texas convention of republican women, and cnn's chief congressional correspondent dana bash was there and spoke with the freshman senator right after that event. dana, that was quite a hero'
. >> our sunday exclusive with republican senator john mccain. and with the man who says not so fast. >> this is a terrible deal. >> leading the charge to gut obama care and leaving his party splintered in his wake, our dana bash with tea party favorite, texas republican ted cruz. >>> then, what's next for the tea party? our political panel weighs in on the fiscal fiasco, the flawed health care launch, and the 2014 midterms. this is "state of the union."...
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even though i wanted john mccain to win, i felt something important had happened. we knew that this campaign in 2012 was not an uplifting campaign by any stretch of the imagination. it was a totally different one. in many ways it is a much more sprawling story that we dealt with in 2008. it had a much bigger cast of carriers, which will no doubt talk about tonight. they had a lot of plot twists and some bizarre moment. when the 2008 campaign ended, we interviewed president elect obama and sat at the opening, before we get to either question, before he became a politician, you are a writer. he had written a wonderful book, troops from a. how would you rate the story of your own election? he said well, i think it was a novel and i was not the most interesting during that period so i was thinking, i was not able to interview the president after this election for this book, but i've been thinking how would he answer the question about this election? there's times when it was a serious as we have seen in moments of tension and anger. my colleague, david merrin is said t
even though i wanted john mccain to win, i felt something important had happened. we knew that this campaign in 2012 was not an uplifting campaign by any stretch of the imagination. it was a totally different one. in many ways it is a much more sprawling story that we dealt with in 2008. it had a much bigger cast of carriers, which will no doubt talk about tonight. they had a lot of plot twists and some bizarre moment. when the 2008 campaign ended, we interviewed president elect obama and sat...
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maybe i'll have better luck tonight because john mccain is next. test test >> neil: you know it was not only democrats who took offense to ted cruz's 21-hour plus marathon. john mccain took took to the floor to question the meaning of what the senator was up to and comments he made about how the healthcare law was put into place. the senator joins me now. what got your goat, senator?hñ >> pundits who said we couldn't fund obama. care. we can't because we don't have the votes. it allowed hitler to do the things he did. >> neil: he was talking about pundits. >> but you know, in some ways i'm a pundit but share their view. i wanted to#2z point out in nine 2009 i spent more hours on the floor fighting obamacare, even to the morning of christmas eve. to somehow say these guys are -- they're not against obamacare, they don't fight hard enough. i fought on the floor when(zgpet really mattered and i thought we could beat it and it didn't because they have the votes, just as they have the votes now. i will take a backseat to no one -- in 2012 i spent two
maybe i'll have better luck tonight because john mccain is next. test test >> neil: you know it was not only democrats who took offense to ted cruz's 21-hour plus marathon. john mccain took took to the floor to question the meaning of what the senator was up to and comments he made about how the healthcare law was put into place. the senator joins me now. what got your goat, senator?hñ >> pundits who said we couldn't fund obama. care. we can't because we don't have the votes. it...
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cost over some that and supported the bill, including john mccain and pat toomey. i think it is understandable. it is a matter of intensity. if you are pro-gun, that is how you vote and that is how the democrat side. that is why they ended up going the way they did. >> political consequences. >> not clear at this point. i will say this, i think there will be second-guessing on the democrats' strategy. harry reid appears to go to an early vote. there was never an attempt to make this a real filibuster to challenge. once the 13 people said they were going to filibuster, ackground checks, that was challenge. ok, let's go to the mattresses. 60 days, 60 nights like we did on civil rights and make them stand up and defend that position. instead of allowing it to .ecome a pressure thing the sponsors said if the nra had not scored this and said this is what they're going to make their graydon, 15 senators would have voted differently. i do not know if he is right. . i think that tells you something. he said iforning this vote had taken place in january instead of april, it
cost over some that and supported the bill, including john mccain and pat toomey. i think it is understandable. it is a matter of intensity. if you are pro-gun, that is how you vote and that is how the democrat side. that is why they ended up going the way they did. >> political consequences. >> not clear at this point. i will say this, i think there will be second-guessing on the democrats' strategy. harry reid appears to go to an early vote. there was never an attempt to make this...
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john mccain. pelosi and mccain only on "fox news sunday." then, senators grill the president's nominee for cia director over the targeted killing of terrorist suspects. we will ask our sunday panel about new demands to lift the veil on drone strikes. and our power player of the week can tell you almost everything the president does and how you often he does it. all right now on "fox news sunday." >> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. when president obama delivers his state of the union is speech tuesday, one big issue will be sequestration. $85 billion in automatic spending cuts due to kick in march 1. the white house now warns this will mean damaging layoffs of teachersers law enforcement and food safety inspectors and the pentagon will be hit, too. they propose a mix of spending cuts and, yes, more taxes through limiting deductions for the wealthy. i sat down late friday with house democratic leader nancy pelosi and asked her are about the fast approaching deadline. congress wom
john mccain. pelosi and mccain only on "fox news sunday." then, senators grill the president's nominee for cia director over the targeted killing of terrorist suspects. we will ask our sunday panel about new demands to lift the veil on drone strikes. and our power player of the week can tell you almost everything the president does and how you often he does it. all right now on "fox news sunday." >> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. when president...